RUGBY Runs Level 2 Course UNION for Sevens Coaches
The Super Sevens Series has provided a platform for Fiji Rugby Development Unit to roll out the World Rugby Sevens coaching course with the aim of accrediting coaches that are involved in the series.
World Rugby Sevens coaching course only consists of two levels compared to 15s coaching which has three levels.
As the Super Sevens Series kicks off, a key requirement was for coaches involved in the series to be accredited with world rugby Level 2 sevens coaching, and this was the
case in the last two weeks where all these coaches completed their level 2 course. After completing level 2 coaching course, coaches will be able to go through their professional development in coaching.
The course helps coaches in terms of rugby 7s knowledge contents while it also sharpens their technical ability to eye out crucial details in the game of sevens, and how they can apply all these into their respective teams.
Fiji Rugby Union Development Unit manager Koli Sewabu emphasised the need to bridge the gap
between clubs and national levels in terms of local 7s competition.
“At least there’s not that much gap in the 15s component as we’ve got club levels going on, then provincial levels, we’ve got age-grade competition before reaching the national level, so there’s lots of guidance and pathways,” said Sewabu.
“As for 7s it’s purely club competition straight to national teams and to the world sevens series, so there’s a lot of gaps in there to fill.”
Sewabu added that conducting the 7s coaching course would also help identify what the gaps were with
coaches and players, and the best possible ways to bridge them. He said that this sevens coaching course was only limited to the coaches in the Super Sevens Series due to its high-level accreditation. “If we feel that some other coaches in top 7s competition in the country need to take this course, then we’ll get them on board to be part of the coaching course,” said Sewabu. Twenty-nine coaches and management from the Central and Western divisions have completed their Level 1 and Level 2 coaching course in the past two weeks. FRU Media